News tagged with digital maps

Engineering images bring life to submerged city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Photo-realistic 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece have earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Calculating what's in the universe from the biggest color 3-D map

Since 2000, the three Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS I, II, III) have surveyed well over a quarter of the night sky and produced the biggest color map of the universe in three dimensions ever. Now scientists ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.

Technology / Software

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Unravelling the mysteries of medieval Gough Map

The secrets embedded in one of the earliest maps to show Britain in its geographically recognised form have been uncovered, as researchers launch the newly digitised Gough Map.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New map shows makeup of British landscape

Scientists have released a digital map that shows in unprecedented detail the mosaic of vegetation and land-cover types that makes up the British landscape.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Your smartphone knows everything about you, and it tells tales

In the sexy but increasingly scary world of smartphone forensics, insiders have a name for all the personal information purposely or unknowingly stored inside that iPhone or Android or Blackberry in your pocket. They call ...

Technology / Other

created May 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Google turns to users for guidance on US maps

(AP) -- Google Inc. doesn't hesitate to seek directions when it comes to trying to improve its online mapping service.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 7

New online atlas shows how climate change will affect distribution patterns of forests

Researchers from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and CREAF have developed the Suitability Atlas of Woody Plants of the Iberian Peninsula, a series of digital maps available online which for the first time reveal the present ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Google's 'search czar' in touch with world's curiosity

Like few other people on the planet, Google's Ben Gomes knows what interests the world.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sound imaging: clever acoustics help blind people see the world (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Video from portable cameras is analysed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Card downloads your memories before you forget

If you tend to forget or neglect to move photo treasures from your digital camera to your computer, an Eye-Fi card should interest you. This clever photo memory card handles that meddlesome task for you -- and now it does ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Next generation digital maps are laser sharp

Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High-tech solutions ease inaugural challenges

Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making digital maps more current and accurate

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have designed an innovative new system to help keep motorists on the right track by constantly updating their digital maps and fixing anomalies and errors. Now the partners ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1